<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367834" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Treading Water</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tired tiger made his way<br>Until he found the stream, <br>The sight of it had made his day, <br>It truly was supreme...<br>His whiskers twitched at newborn scents<br>That stirred within the mud<br>And yet he felt the recompense<br>As water cooled his blood...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">This is the life! No doubt at all, <br>Just walking here and there<br>And further on, the waterfall, <br>A sight beyond compare...<br>Just treading water, nothing more, <br>Content to rest therein, <br>With oozing mud between each claw, <br>Enough to make him grin...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The tired tiger gently breathed, <br>His heartbeat calmed as well, <br>His shoulder muscles now relieved<br>As Nature cast its spell...<br>God makes the sunshine then the rain, <br>Then streams upon the land, <br>So tired tigers can't complain<br>When times like these are planned...</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Denis Martindale, copyright, December 2011.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The poem is based on the magnificent painting <br>by Stephen Gayford called 'Treading Water'. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">More Stephen Gayford poems here: <br>denis-martindale-dot-blogspot-dot-com</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Denis+Martindale">Denis Martindale</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=367834" data-title="Treading Water de Denis Martindale" data-description="The tired tiger made his way Until he found the stream, The sight of it had made his day, It truly was supreme... His whiskers twitched at newborn scents That stirred within the mud And yet he felt the recompense As water cooled his blood... Th..."></div> </div> </div>

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